[Kenwood] TS-450S and Rigblaster in true FSK mode

[David Tilley]

I'm new to the reflector, so I apologize if this topic has been covered 
before.

I'm having a problem trying to use a Rigblaster Plus with a TS-450S in 
FSK mode.  I'm using MMTTY.   I've got everything hooked up correctly 
into the ACC2 jack.  If I manually short the tip of the cable that hooks 
into the ACC2 jack, the radio shifts frequency as it should.  When I try 
to use the Rigblaster, however, the frequency shifts only two or three 
times a second when I try to transmit text.  It isn't a steady tone.  
There is some frequency shift.  It's just very, very slow.  The 
Rigblaster has an LED that flickers whenever a frequency shift is 
supposed to happen, and in fact, it's flickering as it should.   That 
indicates to me that the Rigblaster is getting what it's supposed to be 
getting through the serial cable.  It seems like for whatever reason, 
there's some kind of problem with the Rigblaster being able to short and 
unshort the cable going to the radio. 

I sent my Rigblaster back to the factory, and they said it performed 
perfectly when hooked up to an ICOM 706.  Kenwood says that if the radio 
shifts frequency when I manually short the plug, there's nothing wrong 
with the radio.  

So, it would appear I'm stuck in the middle.  I'm about ready to box up 
my radio and send both it and my Rigblaster back to the Rigblaster 
people and let them have a go at it.  Short of that, does anybody have 
any suggestions?  Has anybody run into this sort of thing?

- David

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